intel g840 build

[kumijante]

hi guys is this a good build?
budget will be 400$

Intel G840 (2.8G) 3mb Pentium DC
G.Skill RipJaws 8gb 1333 (10666CL9D) 2x4
Inno3D GTX550 Ti 1gb ddr5 192bit hdmi
Cooler Master Elite K350 with Window
Asrock H61M-DGS H61 VSL
500gb WDigital Blue
FSP HEXA HE500 (Eff>80%) 500w

so are they good?will i be able to play high settings on games?
like bf3,ac3,nfs most wanted..etc.. will be playing at 1920x1080p reso
im really in a tight budget cant raise it anymore..so wat you think guys

is this a good build?

 

[FinneousPJ]

Not high settings but seems like a decent budget build.

 

[iceclock]

whats ur budget and country of origin?

 

[kumijante]

ok tnx so are they good enough?no complications on parts?im planning to upgrade my cpu in the future maybe nxt yr..or a couple of months..

 

[kumijante]

im from Philippines..my budget will be 400$ - 420$ and here is where i get all of them http://pcx.com.ph/

 

[iceclock]

well for the price i guess this is ur best bet dude. dont think i can do better.

u can play games on low and medium with that depending on games.

 

[kumijante]

ok i see thank you very much...appreciate it..how about the parts are they good together?

 

[iceclock]

not bad except that mobo doesnt have great features and no overclocking.

 

[kumijante]

yeah cant find a good one with a same price so i kinda stick to it,,,and i think i will not oc..so i guess this is good?

 

[iceclock]

yea be fine at ur level of budget

 

[guitaroo]

If you could save just a little bit more you could get an i3 2120 and get some more performance out of your machine.

It's a difference of 40 bucks or so.

 

[guitaroo]

Actually check this build out, should give you marked performance upgrade from the one you posted:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 770iCafe ATX AM3 Motherboard ($62.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card: Galaxy GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB Video Card ($134.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $413.48
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-23 15:54 EST-0500)

 

[iceclock]

hes from phillipines not shur whats the shipping charges to asia is.

 

[Outlander_04]

a gamer doesnt need 8 gig of RAM

use a 2 x 2 gig kit instead
and spend any money you save on upgrading processor or graphics

with that graphics card you will be fine with a 400 watt psu

 

[iceclock]

yes some games use more than 2 gigs of ram+os uses a few, 4 isnt enought.

 

[Outlander_04]

yes some games use more than 2 gigs of ram+os uses a few, 4 isnt enought.

4 gig of RAM is more than enough for almost every gamer build .

A game is a 32 bit program and cant ever use more than about 3.3 gig of RAM , at most, for the same reason a 32 bit operating system cant .
Windows installs typically use 7-800 MB meaning that there is enough left over for the game .

You can check this yourself. Run your game in a window . Have Task manager open in another window and you can see immediately how much RAM is actually being used .

 

[kumijante]

If you could save just a little bit more you could get an i3 2120 and get some more performance out of your machine.

It's a difference of 40 bucks or so.

not really here the i3 3220 cost half of the g840 and the i3 2120 is 2 dollars less...
im planing it to upgrade to i5 in a couple of months or a yr.

 

[Outlander_04]

not really here the i3 3220 cost half of the g840 and the i3 2120 is 2 dollars less...
im planing it to upgrade to i5 in a couple of months or a yr.

Then buy a better motherboard

 

[kumijante]

Actually check this build out, should give you marked performance upgrade from the one you posted:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 770iCafe ATX AM3 Motherboard ($62.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card: Galaxy GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB Video Card ($134.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $413.48
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-23 15:54 EST-0500)

yeah i alrdy saw that build..but im planning to upgrade it to i5

 

[iceclock]

that makes no sense, the 3220 is worth more, how the heck can it cost half less of a less good processor such as g840?, explain pls.

 

[kumijante]

Then buy a better motherboard

hmmm...ok ill look to that and see if i can squeeze more juice...really tight budget...T_T

tnx for your help guys really appreciate it

 

[kumijante]

how about this mobo http://www.msi.com/product/mb/B75MA-P45.html

 

[kumijante]

that makes no sense, the 3220 is worth more, how the heck can it cost half less of a less good processor such as g840?, explain pls.

hahah sory iceclock i mean g840 is half a price of the i3 3220 here

 

[iceclock]

ah ok,

link me to the website u use, and ur maximum budget in ur currency? i can help maybe

 

[kumijante]

hers the link...http://pcx.com.ph/


my budget will be 17 thousand php..
or 417$
dont want amd just intel